My orange friend says the magic beans will work if I pretend hard enough
GPLB: "Starmer dismisses claims he's been 'played' by Trump, and says future trade deal could lessen impact of tariffs"
@HarriettMB You mean Jonathan. But yeah, the front bench are all *heavily* on message when it comes to US policy. Guess it helps that they're all related/married or in relationships with each other.
@fkamiah17 Name fixed. Thanks.
@HarriettMB Tbh they're all such grey, formless husks it's difficult to remember their names anyway
@fkamiah17
The only future trade deal that can lessen the impact of US tariffs is a trade deal with the EU to reduce the leverage of US tariffs on our economy.
Bending the knee to US fascism to beg for an exception to the tariffs doesn't reduce their impact, it just changes it from an economic impact on exporters to a political impact on our democracy, which is deeper, longer lasting, and more poisonous.